Device for compressing corn-shocks.



No. 7|6,050. Patentsd Dec. I6, |902.

R. W., R. R. B. E. JOSLIN.

DEVICE FOR COMPRESSING CORN SHUCKS.

(Application filed May 17, 1902,) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

ROBERT WILSON JOSLIN, ROBERT ROY .I'OSLIN, AND BERT EUGENE JOSLIN, OF MANCHESTER, IOWA.

DEVICE FOR lCOMPRESSING CORN-SHOCKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,050, dated December 16, 1902. Application ined May 17. 1002. semina 107.804. No mode1 To all whom it 1v1/@ty concern/.f

Be it known that we, ROBERT WILSON Jos- LIN, ROBERT ROY JosLIN, andBERT EUGENE JOSLIN, citizens of the United-States, and residents of Manchester, in the county of Delaware and State Of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Device for Compressing Corn- Shocks, of which the following'is a full, clear, aud exact description.

The purpose of our invention is to provide a device especially adapted for compressing corn-shocks at any point in the height of the shock and to hold the shock under compression until it can be tied andA to so construct the device that it will be simple, durable, and economic and readily applied and so that it can be operated by one individual.

Another purpose of the invention is to construct the device in such manner that -the shock may be compressed to a greater or less extent and so that the cord or rope which is to be used for tying the shock may be conveniently supported by the device, so that when the compressing-loop of thedevice is passed around the shock the tie cord or rope therefor may be passed around the shock at the same time.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the igures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shock and the improved device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device, and Fig. 3 is' an end view of the same.

The body A of the device is in the form ofV a thrust-bar and is circular in cross-section', the forward end 10 of which bar is pointed, as is illustrated in Eig. 2, which end is adapted to enter the shock B to be tied, and atthe opposite end of. the body thrust-bar A a handle 11 is secured, which preferably consists of a rod passed through the body A and extending beyond opposite sides thereof, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The inner end portion 12 of the body thrust-bar A is of greater diameter than the remaining portion of said bodyv15 abuts, which ratchet-wheel is secured to the body-bar A in any suitable or approved manner.

An arm 16 is loosely mounted ou the bodybar A, engaging with the forward side face of the ratchet-wheel 15, as is shown in Figs.

\ '2 and 3, and the said arm 16 extends beyond opposite sides of the body-bar A. At one end of the said arm 16 a pin 17 is attached to or made integral with the arm, which pin extends over the ratchet-wheel 15, and on this pin 17 a pawl 1S is loosely mounted, adapted to engage with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 15, preventing the body-bar A from turning in one direction.

At the opposite end of theY loosely-mounted arm 16 a recess 19' is produced, and in said recess the inner end of a spring guide-arm 20 is pivotally mounted by means of a suitable pin 21. (Shown in Eig. 2.) This springguidearm2O extends forwardly beneath the bodybar A and atits forward free end terminates in an eye 22, which is at an angle to the main portion of the said spring guide-arm, as is shown in Figs. Y1 and 2, and'at the same end of the arm 16' at which the guide-arm 2O is detachably attached a projection 23` is formed at the outer face of the said arm, and at the inner end of this projection 23 an undercut recess 24 is made, adapted to receive and guide the cord or twine which is utilized to tie the shock, as will be hereinafter described. A pin 25 extends from the body-bar A at a point in front of the loosely-mounted arm 16, as is shown best in Fig. 2, and in front of the pin 25 a diametrical aperture 26 is produced in t-he-body-bar A. In advance ofthe said aperture 26a shield 27, preferably of disk formation, is firmly secured to the body-bar- A.

This shield 27 limits the extent to which the forward portion of the body thrust-bar A may enter the shock.

A rope 28 is passed through the aperture 26 4in the thrust body-bar A, being provided with -a knot at one end, which rope is passed likewise through the eye 22 in the guide-arm 20,

`and preferably a knot is also formed at the opposite end of the rope 28 to prevent the said rope being withdrawn from the said guide- IOC arm 20. In connection with the device a ball of tying-twine 29 is employed, and the twine from the said ball, as is shown in Fig. 1, is carried into the recess 24 in the projection 23 of the arm 16.

In operation the forward end of the thrust or body bar A is passed horizontally into the l shock B at a desired point between the top and bottom of the shock. The rope 28 is then drawn so that the knot 29 at one end will engage with the body or thrust bar A, and the bindingtwine 29 is taken in one hand and the rope in the other hand, and both the rope and cord are passed around the shock B. The free end of the binding-twine is left loosely hanging at the shock, as is shown in Fig. 1, while the free end of the compressingrope 28 is carried around the pin 25 one or more turns, the said compressing rope having been drawn as tight as convenient around the shock, as is shown in Fig. l. Next the operator with both hands free can grasp the handle 1l of the device and turn the same to the right, thus winding the end of the compressing-rope which is around the pin 25 on the body or thrust bar A, the pawl 18 preventing the coils of rope from unwinding as they are wound upon the body o1 thrust bar. In this manner the shock may be compressed as tightly as desired and held in its coinpressed condition until the tying-twine 29 shall have been firmly secured around the shock, whereupon the pawl 18 is lifted from the ratchet-wheel, and the device is turned to the left, and the compressing-rope 28 is detached from the pin 25, and the device is then withdrawn from the shock, leaving an opening therein Where the shock is bound or tied to serve for purposes of ventilation, which will prevent moisture accumulating at such point and tending to decay the fodder.

The device is exceedingly simple, durable, and economic and may be quickly and conveniently applied and operated by one individual. It enables a single individual to etfectually tie up a greater number of shocks in a specified length of time than can be accomplished under the usual methods.

It will be observed that as both ends ofthe compressing-rope 28 are in the operation of the device attached to the body thrust-bar the tension of the compressing-rope is equally distributed at each end and is in a purely horizontal position and does not tend to twist the shock in any manner, the tension being strictly in direction of the outer end of the body thrust-bar, and the shield 27 not only limits the extent to which bar shall enter the shock, but also prevents the tie-twine and the compressing-rope from fouling or becoming twisted in with the material of which the shock is composed.

Having thus described our invention, We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a device for compressing shocks, a body thrust-bar having a handle at one end and a shield rigidly secured between its ends, a ratchet-wheel secured on the said body thrust-bar between the handle and shield, an arm loosely lnounted on the said body thrust` bar adjacent to the forward face of the said ratchet-wheel and extending beyond opposite sides of the body thrust-bar, a dog carried by one end of the said loosely-mounted arm, adapted for engagement with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel, a guide-arm pivotally cai'ied by the opposite end of the said loosely-mounted arm, the said guide-arm extending beyond the shield and terminating at its free end in an eye arranged at an angle to the main portion of the arm, a projection from the body thrust-bar between the shield and the looselymounted arm, and a rope passed through an aperture in the body thrust-bar between the projection and the shield, which rope is also carried through the eye of the guide-arm, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a device for compressing shocks, the combination with a body thrust-bar pointed at its forward end and provided with a handle at its rear end, a shield between the two ends, and a projection at a point adjacent to said shield and at the rear thereof, of a ratchetwheel secured to the said body thrust-bar between the handle and the shield, an arm loosely mounted on the body thrust-bar, engaging with the forward side of the ratchetwheel, a pawl located at one end of the loosely-mounted arm, engaging with the teeth of the ratchet-Wheel, a recess being produced at the opposite end of the loosely-mounted arm, a projection formed at the exterior of the recessed end of the loosely-mounted arm, having an undercut recess therein, a spring guide-arm pivotally mounted at one end in the recess of the arm loosely mounted on the body thrust-bar, which spring guide-arm is provided with an eye at its free end, and a rope passed through an aperture in the body thrust-bar between the projection therefrom and the shield thereof,'said rope being also passed through the eye of the spring guidearm, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT WILSON J OSLIN ROBERT ROY JOSLIN. BERT EUGENE JOSLIN.

Witnesses:

RALPH W. CONGER, H. E. STETsoN.

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